KNOXVILLE IRON COMPANY v. HARBISON (1901)

KNOXVILLE IRON COMPANY v. HARBISON
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1901
	Decided: October 21, 1901
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Judgment of the court
	George Shiras
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

KNOXVILLE IRON COMPANY v. HARBISON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 21, 1901. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1901.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 183 U.S. 13
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Shiras

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.